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Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s. (globalvoices.org)
submitted 10 hours ago by 000@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh those poor kids.

I remember when we banned porn for the under 18s and now nobody under 18 can access porn.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

Anything not foolproof definitely isn't worth doing at all.

[–] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Theres a scale of influence, with a big difference between foolproof and entirely unenforceable.

In this case, it's effectively unenforceable, so what's the point in wasting time and effort drafting something that won't actually make any difference?